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Don’t stand so close to me
Remember the Police ballad of the 1980s – Don’t Stand So Close to Me? It was written by Sting, the band’s lead singer, who at one time was employed as a teacher. Well, if Sting were going to do an updated 2006 version, he could call it something like, “Don’t Come Into My Classroom Alone […]
Read MoreJohn Suur: A caring man to the rescue!
My latest escapade with disaster relief was last week in Marietta, Georgia, in an American Red Cross shelter at the Cobb Civic Center. The Center, which normally is a basketball, etc., arena, had a capacity for about 400 cots. When we arrived there were about 250 people living there, and when we left the […]
Read MoreMenTeach – E-News – December 2009
1) Boys look to male teachers for guidance 2) Another man teaching even younger children in Vietnam 3) 4th Men in Early Childhood Education Summit 2010 in New Zealand 4) Would you hire a male nanny? [Correction] 5) Students doing research: Title IX and men in teaching 6) Can men really work with toddlers? 7) […]
Read MoreCareer changers wanting to going into teaching
Yes. It’s a very tight economy. And many school districts and programs are laying off and not hiring. But teaching still remains a good place to work. In the next few years, we will see a large percentage of teachers retiring. It probably would have happened sooner except for this “don’t call it a depression” […]
Read MoreReader’s Comments about why so few male teachers
[MenTeach: One of our readers, Mr. Philllip, forwarded this interesting commentary about a newspaper article about men teaching. Thanks Phil.] Male Teacher Levels Hit 40-Year Low; NY Elementary Teachers Only 9% Male Matthew K. Tabor reviews an article by Ernst Lamothe Jr. of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports that the number of male teachers […]
Read MoreBalance sought in elementary schools staffed almost completely by women
Student masterpieces hang on a string along the ceiling of a Camarillo classroom, colorful posters of block letters and numbers fill the walls, and a drove of stuffed sea creatures lie on top of a kid-sized bookcase. They’re typical finds in a kindergarten classroom, but this room at University Preparation School also has something a […]
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